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(The fact that Wilson manages to pack epic fantasy stories into a short novel / novella format is another one of his magic tricks.) It is set in the same world (though not in the same time period), but if ‘The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps’ was a thrilling epic fantasy wrapped around a love story, then ‘A Taste of Honey’ is a thrilling love story wrapped around a core of epic fantasy. To be sure, ‘A Taste of Honey’ is a very different kind of story than ‘Wildeeps’. ‘A Taste of Honey’ just reaffirms my opinion that Wilson is one of the most interesting and talented writers in speculative fiction right now. Both those stories shook me to my core as a reader, and affected the way I look at the craft of writing speculative fiction as a writer. But neither Aqib nor Lucrio know whether their love can survive all the hardships the world has to throw at them.įair warning: ever since I read Kai Ashante Wilson’s ‘The Devil In America’ and ‘The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps’ last year, I have been an unapologetic fan of his writing. in defiance of Saintly Canon, gossiping servants, and the furious disapproval of his father and brother, Aqib finds himself swept up in a whirlwind romance. His heart has been captured for the first time by a handsome Daluçan soldier named Lucrio. As the royalty negotiates over trade routes and public services, the divinity seeks arcane assistance among the local gods.Īqib bgm Sadiqi, fourth-cousin to the royal family and son of the Master of Beasts, has more mortal and pressing concerns. But neither Aqib nor Lucrio know whether their love can survive all the hardships the world has to throw at them.Long after the Towers left the world but before the dragons came to Daluça, the emperor brought his delegation of gods and diplomats to Olorum. In defiance of Saintly Canon, gossiping servants, and the furious disapproval of his father and brother, Aqib finds himself swept up in a whirlwind gay romance.

His heart has been captured for the first time by a handsome Dalucan soldier named Lucrio.

Aqib bgm Sadiqi, fourth-cousin to the royal family and son of the Master of Beasts, has more mortal and pressing concerns. As the royalty negotiates over trade routes and public services, the divinity seeks arcane assistance among the local gods. he world but before the dragons came to Daluca, the emperor brought his delegation of gods and diplomats to Olorum. Find out why Wired named it one of the 20 Best Books of the Decade! Long after the Towers left t. Jemisin calls a love story as painful as it is beautiful and complex. A Taste of Honey (Trade Paperback / Paperback)Ī Taste of Honey is the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus finalist novella that N.